I have noticed allot of
anonymous stations just firing up the repeater with DTMF and connecting to
various stations. Not only is this RUDE!! behavior it is also in contravention of
the licensees BR68.

To combat this and to try and
remind people of the correct way to operate the DTMF will be suspended until the
repeater is fully accessed and latched into talk-through. GB3DC currently
requires a minimum transmission from COLD / STANDBY of 6 seconds to latch the
logic into full talk-through.

So from COLD / STANDBY you will
now need to identify yourselves clearly during this 6 second period prior to
dialing any DTMF.

There
can be about a 4 second delay when working through the internet links,

so don't
forget to leave a good gap between overs to enable others to break in and
connecting repeaters to reset. GB3DC emits an "N" in Morse at the end of all
internet transmissions. Please wait until you hear this before taking your over.

The
table below lists each of the DTMF commands.

Command

Description

Default

Connect

Connects to
a station on the Internet, based on its node number.

num

Connect by
Call

Connects to
a station on the Internet, based on its call sign.

C+call+#

Random Node

Selects an
available node (of any type) at random, and tries to connect to it.

00

Random Link

Selects an
available link or repeater (-L or -R) at random, and tries to connect to
it.

01

Random Conf

Selects a
conference server at random, and tries to connect to it.

02

Random User

Selects an
available single-user station at random, and tries to connect to it.

03

Random FavNode

Selects an
available node (of any type) at random from the Favorites List, and tries
to connect to it.

001

Random FavLink

Selects an available link or repeater (-L or
-R) at random from the Favorites List,

011

Random FavConf

Selects a
conference server at random from the Favorites List, and tries to connect
to it.

021

Random FavUser

Selects an
available single-user station at random, and tries to connect to it.

031

Disconnect

Disconnects the last station that is currently
connected.

#

Time

To hear the local time
from the link computer

123

Reconnect

Re-connects
to the station that most recently disconnected.

09

Status

Announces
the call sign of each station currently connected.

08

Link Down

Disables
EchoLink (no connections can be established).

(none)

Link Up

Enables
EchoLink.

(none)

Play Info

Plays a
brief ID message.

*

Query by
Call

Looks up a
station by its call sign, and reads back its node number and status.

07+call+#

Query by
Node

Looks up a
station by its node number, and reads back its call sign and status.

06+num

Profile
Select

Switches to
a different stored set of configuration settings (0 through 9).